Lamp-shade.



Patented Aug. I5, I899.

W. H. WELLS.

LAMP SHADE.

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LAMP SHADE.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VALI.ACE II. \VELLS, OF BRASIIER FALLS, NEIV YORK.

LAM P-SHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,059, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed November 30, 1898. Serial No. 697,886. (No model.)

a citizen of the United States, residing at- Brasher Falls, in thecounty of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Lamp- Shades; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in lamp-shades which equally serveas a reflector, adapted more especially for incandescent lamps; and ithas for its object to provide for the ready and quick attachment of theshade or reflector to the lamp and its equally ready removal therefrom.

The nature of the invention consists of the peculiar construction andarrangement of the parts for carrying out the aforesaid purposes orobjects, all substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred form ofcarrying out my invention, Figure l is a View thereof as applied foruse, portions of the shade being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveView, parts being also broken away. Figs. 3, 4:, 5, 6, and 7 aremodifications of my invention.

A A designate the two principal members or parts of my invention, whichconstitute a clasp, each produced, preferably, of a stiif springy wirehaving the outline, it may be, disclosed in the drawings. These membersor parts A are secured at their outer ends to opposite points upon theinner side of the shade proper or deflector B, near the upper contractedend thereof, and extended downward and outward a short distance and thencarried inward and curved or bent slightly upward, the extreme inneropposed ends thereof each being provided with a substantially inverted-T-shaped bearing or halfclarnp a to embrace or clasp the circular orcylindric neck portion of the lamp. The T- shaped half-clamps a provide,as is obvious, an extended bearing therefor upon the lamp, as well asbrace these ends of the members A of the clasp. The horizontal or crossportions of the T-shaped half clamps or bearings a are arcuate orsegmental to conform to the cylindric outline or contour of said neckportion of the lamp, and said members or parts A are preferably coiledat their angles into springs a to possess them oft-he requisite springaction to suitably clasp or clamp them upon the lamp.

Instead of the aforesaid construction the members or parts may beproduced as disclosed in Fig. 3, as A wherein they may have theirinward-extending portions or arms produced with flared or widened innerends a adapted to conform to and embrace the cylindric neck portions ofthe lamp, as shown.

In the modification as disclosed in Figs. 4 and 7 the clasp members areproduced in a continuous piece A, adapted to conform to and compass orclasp the globe or bulb of the lamp and provided with arcuate orsegmental half-clamps a In Fig. 7 is shown a metal shade a attached toone side of said piece A.

In Fig. 5 is disclosed a frame A comprising opposite lateral pieces orarms, connectingat their lower ends with a horizontal ring or circularpiece, in practice encircling the globe or bulbsay about at its maximumdiameter or about two-thirds way downand which is designed to be coveredby, say, a fancy paper shade, partially obscuring the direct rays of thelight.

In Fig. 6 are disclosed clasp members A, substantially as shown in Figs.1 and 2, provided with arcuate or segmental half clamps or claspsproper, a as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 7. In this figure are also shown.rods a provided with loosely-attached rings at, which rods are fixed tothe clasp members to permit of the convenient or ready release of saidclasp members from the'lamp in removing the shade or reflector, whichrods are equally applicable to the forms of my invention as disclosed inFigs. 1, 2, and 3.

It will be observed that in all of the forms of my invention as abovedisclosed the globeengaging end portions of the clasp or clamp areprovided with bearings arranged in a hori zontal plane, while in severalof said forms said globe-engaging end portions are provided additionallywith bearings arranged in a vertical plane.

Latitude will be allowed herein as to the details of the constructionand arrangement of the parts, as the same may be varied withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my inventionand the same yet remain intact and be protected.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a lamp shade or reflector, the clasp comprising the opposedmembers or parts having their globe-engaging end portions provided withopposite arcuate bearings arranged in a horizontal plane, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination of a clasp comprising two opposed spring membershaving a passage between the ends thereof for the reception of a lamp,and arcuate hearings at the inner ends of the clasps, substantially asdescribed.

3. The lamp shade or reflector, having the clasp comprising two opposedmembers or parts having their globe-engaging end portions provided withopposite arcuate bearings arranged in a horizontal plane, said membersor parts also provided with springs intermediately of their ends,substantially as set forth.

4. The lamp shade or reflector, having the clasp comprising two opposedmembers or parts having globe-engaging end portions provided withopposite arcuate bearings arranged in a horizontal plane, and themanipulating-rod connected to said clasp and adapted to be readilyactuated by hand substan- 5 tially as set forth.

5. The lamp shade or reflector, having the vided with coiled springsintermediate their ends, and a manipulating-rod connected to said claspand having a loosely-attached ring, substantially as specified.

6. In a shade or reflector of the character described, the clasp for theglobe comprising the spring-actuated members having the opposite arcuatebearings arranged in alinement with the application of the thrust ofsaid spring-actuated members, substantially as set forth.

7. In a shade or reflector of the character described, the clasp for theglobe comprising the spring-actuated members having opposite horizontalarcuate bearings and, in addition, opposite vertical bearings,substantially as specified.

8. In a shade or reflector of the character described, the clasp for theglobe comprising the spring-actuated members having the oppositehorizontal arcuate bearings and vertical bearings, said horizontalbearings -ar-' WALLACE H. WELLS.

Witnesses:

ETHAN A. NEVIN, BENJAMIN A. BABoooK.

